What Ever Happened to Tharunka?
On a stroll through campus, I passed by a stand holding copies of Tharunka. They were sitting there …
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In Conversation With Graeme Dunstan
When many think of the prominent figures in Tharunka’s history, few mention the name Graeme Dunstan.…
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Fucked By God’s Steel Prick: In Conversation With Wendy Bacon
When she first arrived on campus she was lost. On the day of our interview, a frantic phone call wit…
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John Niland’s Wasteland
Some say that John Niland was born under a tree at UNSW. His life has, in one way or another, always…
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On Richard Neville: Unravelling Tharunka’s Larrikin
For all the words written about the life of Richard Neville I cannot scroll past a black and white i…
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Digital Dreams
Democratising Journalism in the Age of Immediacy? Digitalisation anticipates the transition from ana…
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Australian Government Implements Changes to Temporary Graduate Visa Programs
The Australian Government has announced changes to its Temporary Graduate visa programs (Subclass 458) effective from 1 July 2024. The Graduate Work stre…
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Student in hospital after stabbing at University of Sydney
A student was taken to hospital around 8:35 am this morning after emergency services responded to an alleged stabbing at the University of Sydn…
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Introducing Gamamari
UNSW’s oldest student publication is leaving its old title, and its traditional print roots, to embrace the digital age, marking a signif…
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“For Palestine to be free, we must fight like hell for the living, and more the dead”: UNSW Protest for Gaza
UNSW students and staff stood in solidarity against the unfolding genocide in Palestine at the UNSW Protest for Gaza on June 12th. Approximately 100 p…
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Gerwig’s Barbie, girls, and a Barbie world
A Barbie movie on face value, in the age of Hollywood intellectual property mining, would be easy to deride as a glorified toy commercial. She ticks off the boxes after all: cross-generational appeal, an iconic figure and hot-pink image, a cultural reference point that’s evolved to mean very different things to all ends of the […]
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The Indigo Man
Beware the Indigo Man! Phantom of the Coatepeque! Whose face ripples like jaded algae&nb…
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Naarmcore: the commodification and appropriation of multiculturalism
There’s a new trend in Australian youth subculture. It originated on social media platforms such as …
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On the benefits of teen-girl rebellion
The teen girl dystopian protagonist archetype is not only realistic; but has positive real-world con…
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Acolytes of the barricade
Collage: Anh Noel If you’ve been to a concert recently, you would be forgiven for mistaking it for s…
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Naarmcore: the commodification and appropriation of multiculturalism
There’s a new trend in Australian youth subculture. It originated on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram as a way to show off one’s self-expression in a new aesthetic. You may have noticed the explosion of loose-fitting clothing with random graphics, trucker hats, baggy jeans, jorts and carabiners latched onto belt loops as [&hellip…